高中英语美文：青春 youth

高中英语美文：青春 youth
Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.
Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of 60 more than a boy of 20. Nobody grows old merely by a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals.
Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.
Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human being's heart the lure of wonders, the unfailing childlike appetite for what's next and the joy of the game of living. In the center of your heart and my heart, there is a wireless station; so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, courage and power from man and from the infinite, so long as you are young. 
When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then you've grown old, even at 20; but as long as your aerials are up, to catch waves of optimism, there's hope you may die young at 80.
青春不是人生的一段时光；这是一种心态；这不是脸颊红润、嘴唇红润、膝盖柔软的问题；这是一个意志的问题，一种想象力的品质，一种情感的活力；它是生命深处泉水的清新。
青春意味着勇气胜过怯懦，冒险欲望胜过安逸。这通常存在于60岁的男人身上，而不是20岁的男孩身上。没有人衰老仅仅是几年。我们因抛弃理想而变老。
岁月会使皮肤起皱纹，但放弃热情会使灵魂起皱纹。忧虑、恐惧和不自信会使人的心弯曲，使人的精神化为尘土。
无论是60岁还是16岁，每个人的心中都有奇迹的诱惑，对下一步的渴望和生活游戏的乐趣。在你我的心里，有一个无线电台；只要它接收到来自人类和无限的美丽、希望、勇气和力量的信息，只要你年轻。
当天线落下，你的精神被愤世嫉俗和悲观主义的冰雪覆盖时，即使在20岁的时候，你也已经变老了；但只要你竖起天线，捕捉乐观情绪，你就有希望在80岁时英年早逝。

rosy        [ˈrəʊzi] adj.玫瑰色的
supple    [ˈsʌpl]   adj.灵活的
predominance    [prɪˈdɒmɪnəns]   n.优势; 主导或支配的地位
timidity    [tɪ'mɪdətɪ]   n.胆怯，羞怯
wrinkle    [ˈrɪŋkl]         vt.使起皱纹
enthusiasm  [ɪnˈθu:ziæzəm]   n.热情，热忱; 热衷的事物
wireless    [ˈwaɪələs]    adj.不用电线的，用无线电波传送的
infinite      [ˈɪnfɪnət]      n.无限，无穷
aerial        [ˈeəriəl]       n.天线
cynicism    ['sɪnɪsɪzəm]    n.玩世不恭; 愤世嫉俗
pessimism  [ˈpesɪmɪzəm]   n.悲观; 悲观主义; 悲观情绪
optimism    [ˈɒptɪmɪzəm]    n.乐观; 乐观主义